Milan Fashion Week was particularly fun forElizabeth Hurleythis year.
While appearing on thePEOPLE Every Daypodcast Monday to discuss her partnership withThe Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign, the 56-year-old actress and model also discussed her busy past few weeks attending Milan Fashion Week — and how she was delighted to see some familiar faces.
Hurley told host Janine Rubenstein that attending “the Fendace show” (a collaboration between Versace and Fendi) reminded her that “there is more opportunity than ever before” for women in modeling.
“It was so lovely to see that some of the girls on the runway were the girls that I used to watch on the runway 25 years ago,” she said, naming some of the original “supers” who hit the Fendace runway. “There wasKate Moss, there wasNaomi [Campbell], there was Amber Valletta, there was Shalom [Harlow], there was Kristen McMenamy.”
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“These girls, they’re all in their late 40s or 50s, and they look magnificent. And then, of course, they were much younger models there with them. It was very inclusive on every level and it felt great to see it,” she added. “The press loved it, the audience loved it and the girls loved it.”
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Others who walked the runway includedGigi HadidandEmily Ratajkowski, whileDemi Moore,Dua LipaandWinnie Harlowcounted themselves among guests in attendance, according toMetro.
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“I was incredibly lucky that Leonard Lauder, who was Estée Lauder’s son, saw me on a magazine cover (which was publicity for a movie) and offered me the job,” the star continued. “I didn’t know how to model. I knew nothing. And it’s actually quite funny if you look at a lot of my early covers. I’m often crouching, because for some reason, actresses feel really embarrassed just standing against a white backdrop.”
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One thing that Elizabeth is sure about taking part in, however, is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which occurs annually each October.
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“They could have been diagnosed, their mother, their daughter, their grandmother, the girl they sit next to at work. It was just hitting everybody every year,” she said, explaining why she continued to make the rounds each October to raise awareness. “I realized that pretty early on and now, 26 years later, it just hasn’t stopped.”
But, “through research, diagnosis, treatment and education about breast cancer,” Elizabeth added, “all these things are really improved.”
“We won’t stop until it has ended, until we live in a breast cancer-free world,” the actress said. “So that’s why we keep plugging on. We’ve raised $99 million so far.”
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source: people.com
